Indictment: Manitowoc man embezzled $300,000 from Sheboygan company

11:08 AM,
Feb. 20, 2014

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Gannett Wisconsin Media

A Manitowoc man is facing multiple federal indictments after allegedly embezzling more than $300,000 from his Sheboygan employer.

Paul H. Lachappelle Jr., 40, was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday on four counts of tax evasion and 10 counts of wire fraud after an investigation found he embezzled from Nemschoff Chairs, according to a press release from Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service.